Single-delivery match-safe



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

W F. GARLBERG. SINGLE DELIVERY MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that LVVALFRED F. CARLBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sisj seton, in theoounty of Roberts and State of 5 SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SingleDelivery 1 M Match-Safes, of which the following is a speci- Tfication.f I My invention relates to an improvement in IO match-safes of thesingle-delivery type; and the objects of the invention are to provide asimple and inexpensive article which has the parts that may requireadjustment, replace- I ment, or repair so located that the body may I5be made in one piece or permanently assembled and the movable or activeparts may be I disassembled without going into the body or the interiorof the safe. With these and other objects and advantages in view theinvention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts idisclosed in the following spec cation and \drawings, and particularlypointedout in the claims at the end ofthe descriptioiiliof parts. In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal 1 sectional view thereof. a Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view, and Fig. '4: is a side elevation. 1 In the drawings likeletters of reference desr3 ignate like parts in the several views.

The article comprises the hopper A, which may be cylindrical, asillustrated, and the base i B, consisting of the sides 6 6, betweenwhich is located a tray 6 form of an inclined chute, as shown, with the1 front upturned flange 6 The hopper is provided with a suitable openinga in one side, through which the safe is loaded. A hinged flap or door acloses this opening, and it is provided with a spring a I to hold thedoor normally closed. This spring may be dispensed with. The bottom ofthe hopper is provided with a longitudinal discharge-opening a extendingthe length of the hopper and of suitable length to permit a match topass through to the ejector.

discharge-opening and closes the same, the teed-opening being wideenough to partially This tray may be in the A match-ejector C is locatedadjacent to the Patented. January 12, 1904.

mUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

M ALFRED F. CARLBERG, OF SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SINGLE-DELIVERY MATC H-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of.Letters Patent No. 749,472, dated January12, 1904.

Application filed July 10, 1903. Serial No. 164,990. (No model.)

admit the ejector within the hopper to the extent of the diameter of amatch, and said ejector is rotatably mounted in the sides 6 b. Thisconstruction, with the edges of the match-re- Ceiving recess or seatprojecting into the match-supply, insures a positive feed to the ejectorwhen rotated. This ejector may be in the form shown-a roll or cylinderhaving the end spuds or journals 0 c, which rotate in the sides 6 6.These journals are separable from the ejector by being threaded into theends of the same. This permits the roll to be taken out. The roll isconstructed with a match-receiving recess or seat 0 arrangedlongitudinally thereof, and this recess receives a single individualmatch from the feed-opening of the hopper and drops it onto the traywhen the ejector is rotated by the arm D, which is secured to theprojecting end of the journal 0. The opposite journal 0 is extendedbeyond the side 5 and has secured thereto a spiral spring 6, which isincased in the holder E on the outer face of side 7). This holder isclosed by a removable cap 1;, here shown threaded thereon. One end ofthe spring is secured in a notch e in the end of the journal, or saidspring may be secured thereto in any other suitable manner. The otherend of the spring may be secured to the wall of the holder in anysuitable manner. The body of this articlethat is, the hopper, the base,sides, and the traymay be cast in one piece or otherwise permanentlyassembled, and by reasoifof the construction and arrangement of theejector and the spring which returns it to position after each deliveryrepairs or replacement of parts may be easily accomplished. Theadvantages of this, taken in conjunction with its consequent saving incost of manufacture, will be obvious.

Stop-pins cl and (Z project from the side 6' and are employed to limitthe arc of movement of the arm D. A bell F is attached to the device andis sounded by a striker f, which is actuated by the arm D. Thestriker-arm is made in two sections and is pivoted at an elbow-joint,connecting the two sections. This permits the armD to pass the end ofthe strikerarm. A spring is employed to give positive action to thestriker. The device with bell attached is devised more particularly togive Warning if a child take a match.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a match-safe, the combination of a hopper, a discharge-opening insaid hopper and a match-ejector arranged to return to its normalposition after the delivery of a match, said match-ejector lyingpartially within the discharge-opening and provided with amatchreceiving recess or seat the front edge of which projects into thehopper to the extent of the diameter of a match and the rear edgecoincides with the rear edge of the dischargeopening with the rear sideor Wall of the recess slanting downward, when the ejector is in itsnormal position, so that the said recess forms a pocket at this side ofthe dischargeopening.

2. In a match-safe, the combination of a hopper, an open match-tray, adischarge-opening in said hopper, a match-ejector comprising a rollprovided with a longitudinal recess or seat for the reception of amatch, said roll located between the hopper and the open tray and lyingpartially within the discharge-opening with the front edge of thematch-receiving recess or seat projecting into the hopper to the extentof the diameter of a match and the rear edge coinciding with the rearedge of the discharge-opening and the rear side or wall of the recessslanting downward when the ejectorroll is in its normal position, sothat the said recess forms a pocket at this side of thedischarge-opening; and a spring connected to said ejector and arrangedto return the ejector to its normal position after the delivery of amatch to the tray.

3. In a match-safe, the combination of a hopper provided with adischarge-slot, an open match-tray, a rotatable match-ej ectorcomprising a roll located under the discharge-opening and having alongitudinal match seat or recess therein, and provided with removablejournals, screw-threaded into the ends of the roll and projectingthrough the sides of the safe, in which they are journaled, a coiledspring located outside of the safe and attached to one of said journalsto return it to a normal position, and an ejector-operating arm securedto the other journal and outside of said safe.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALFRED F. CARLBERG.

Witnesses:

WVARREN D. LANE, J. W. BAIRINGTON.

